This 186-page booklet has been for me, its compiler, a "labour of love". The inspiration to take an in-depth interest in The Poem began to surface in 1992. As I read The Poem, certain themes began to occur to me, and after 6 years of careful reading, indexing, Biblical research, cross-indexing, discussion and prayer - and amidst much excitement and joy - the first edition of this booklet slowly came into being. During its continuing development, it has proved to be a very useful resource: for me, in activities conducted on behalf of the Maria Valtorta Readers' Group, a mailing and e-mailing organisation of hundreds of members, and for others, both religious and laity alike, scattered over Australia and around the world.

David D. Murray

The WHERE IS IT? GUIDE consists of two main sections:

The Indices Index (Section 1, pp. 11-114)

The Scriptural Cross-Referencing (Section 2, pp. 115-176)

The Indices Section now has four parts:

• A Thematic Index with some 700 themes and sub-themes• A list of towns and localities alphabetically and one tracing the sequential journeys by Jesus to places referred to in the 652 chapters of The Gospel as Revealed to Me• A chronological sequence of towns and localities tracing the sequential journeys by Jesus to places referred to in the 652 chapters of The Gospel as Revealed to Me• A chronological listing of the dates of Maria Valtorta's visions and dictations.

The Scriptural Cross-referencing has three parts:

Part 1 (pp. 115-122) matches significant Gospel events with their locations in The Gospel as Revealed to Me, and gives separate lists of parables and miracles: those recorded in both the Gospels and The Gospel as Revealed to Me, and those found only in The Gospel as Revealed to Me.

Part 2 (pp. 123-153) cross-references approximately 7,000 passages from The Gospel as Revealed to Me to their sources in both the Old and the New Testaments.

Part 3 (pp. 154-176) reverses this process, cross-referencing these passages from the Old and New Testaments back to The Gospel as Revealed to Me. Primary Gospel verses in The Gospel as Revealed to Me (actually witnessed and recorded by Maria Valtorta) are bolded and underlined. About 98.5% of the verses referring to particular events in the lives of Jesus and Mary have so far been located in The Gospel as Revealed to Me, and are grouped for easy tracking of daily Mass readings.

The Where Is It? Guide's features also include:

• A new Foreword by Bishop Roman Danylak - which echoes the Imprimatur of Pope Pius XII with his own Imprimatur• Instructions on how to best use the Guide• A chapter about Maria Valtorta - her works and their fruits• Keys to matching chapter and verse numbers of the Douay-Rheims Bible• Passages on how The Gospel as Revealed to Me relates to Scripture

A fold-out map of Palestine's towns and places (with English spelling) as in the days of Jesus comes with the Guide.

FEEDBACK
FROM AUSTRALIAN READERS:

First of all I am touched. And I am sure many others will be, when they see
this new Pilgrim's Guide and use it. It is not just an update, but a
truly, all new, highly detailed, expanded and thoroughly researched guide, that
completely covers all seen and perhaps many unseen or more hidden aspects of the
Poem, which would have been otherwise, without this new guide, nearly
impossible to find. The Chronological Sequence of Localities Index, and Dave
Webster's Map of Palestine, add a holy and soul-warming depth, as it enables the
reader to follow faithfully in Christ's footsteps, and to experience His entire
journey in a dimension and perspective not before possible. The entire
presentation of the new Guide is clear, precise, and a joy to use as a research
tool and aid. And it is most definitely 'consumer friendly!'... I hope one day to
see this work - World-wide!

CAROL PREVEDELLO,Wishart, N.S.W.

May God be praised for... the NEW Pilgrim's Guide!... After reading
testimonies concerning the value of the update, I knew I would have to get this
edition as well. I am so thankful I did... It's great to be in touch with others
who love the inspiring works of Maria Valtorta as much as I do.

LORRAINE HAYDON,Woodlands, W.A.

The third edition of the Pilgrim's Guide is so extensive and
informative... I doubt it can get any better than this! I particularly like Fr.
Dreyfus' quote on the back cover, I was just as excited, maybe even more, when I
then discovered the wonderful map! You mentioned the map... but to actually see it
is another thing. As my eyes gazed over it, I came across places I'd always
wondered where they were located - such as Clear Water, Kerioth and Endor. For
me, this has been the most wonderful thing since reading The Poem. I must
comment on Tom Dube's paragraph on page 2 of the [June 2002] bulletin: "I
realised long ago... as recorded by Valtorta..." In it Tom talks about the
incredible perfection of Jesus, and describes this perfectly. Often when there
was an awkward situation about to happen in The Poem, I would say to
myself: "I wonder how Jesus is going to handle this one". Tom sure does
get it right when he says: "His absolute perfection in handling all
problems, decisions, advice, acts of charity, conversations and any other type
of action is really superhuman"...

CARMEL TANNA,Homebush, N.S.W.

FROM OTHER COUNTRIES:

The Pilgrim's Guide is indeed a tremendous aid in finding biblical
passages and personages or themes in The Poem, as well as valuable
exegeses by Christ on particular biblical passages in the Old Testament. It
would surely be invaluable to any priest or deacon in preparing homilies... A
magnificent labor of love.

BRO. CHRYSOSTOM CASTEL, OCSOKentucky, U.S.A.

The Pilgrim's Guide has made great use of space. It is packed with
material, yet well set out, and perfectly legible. The pages open flat because
of the ring binding, which is excellent... It is great to have all the
references to particular persons whom I wish to follow up, e.g. the shepherds or
apostles.

FR. TOM O'NEILL S.J.,Singapore

[The new Thematic Index] is really an outstanding compilation of material. It
is very, very useful and detailed - obviously much improved over the older
version. Many of the edits that I had previously penciled on the older version
of the Guide were already incorporated into this new draft... [The overall]
Pilgrim's Guide is really outstanding, and is so useful for all readers of
the Poem. A common complaint I hear about the Poem is that it is
too massive of a work, and too difficult to go back and find topics that you
once read. The new Guide will certainly go a long way to reducing that hardship
and help open the Poem for many readers...